For Uncle Bo 2

I dedicate this one to my uncle1

Slain by the rope he tied himself2

his will to die, gives me the control to live3

but what do you do when they won't let you scream?4

when you're suffocating from the pressure5

when you cry but can't heal, fell the tears down your face6

so numb7

while the laments have no purpose any longer8

but you continue to beg the storm: WHY?9

Are you lucky the the trigger wasn't pulled,10

one more pill taken when your head11

aches from thinking, knowing, experiencing12

LIFE13

So close to death, my dreams are 14

the waking nightmares of my father cry tears15

i never knew he had to a suicide note so16

short of words but too full of meaning17

So was your death uncle Bo18

This Lamentations comes not from the bible but from19

the scrolls in my lap chronolizing my life with20

YOU21

The services are over the deed is done22

and all i have left of you is a cheap23

program and t shirt, albums of what24

you looked like25

I pray that who you left behind honors you26

and your memory......well what's left.27

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  • trekkergirl
    January 2

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    This is very full of emotion. I sense you feel loss, pain, and sorrow. Anger at a wasted life. Anger at being left without someone you cared for greatly. Also, afraid.

    You wrote this very well. It in my opinion is harder on the person that a suicide leaves behind.

    I don't want to say anything bad about your loved one. I don't know him. Don't pretend to know how much he was suffering and all. But I think that the person who actually does commit suicide is selfish.

    They don't take in what they are doing to hurt the people who care about them. They only think about what pain they are suffering now. Not what they will be causing others when they are through.

    Thanks for sharing this heart felt story. I grieve with thee. And understand that you are not alone in your pain. I am here if you need me.